Plainfield North’s state dominance nets them Girls Relay Program of the Year

 

 

 

By Michael Newman

 

 

 

Plainfield North ended up their season with a fifth-place finish, their highest state meet finish in their history. 36 out of the 39 points that they scored in Charleston were from the four relay events that were contested.

 

 

 

The Tigers’ performances during the season give them the top spot and winner of the 2025 ILXCTF.com Girls Relay Program for this season.

 

 

 

The 197 points scored by Plainfield North is a new point total record in the 12 years that this list has been complied. Two-time defending champion Prospect had great season scoring in all four relays at state. Their 192 points to finish second is the all-time point finish total for a non-program winner.

 

 

 

Plainfield North had the fastest time in the state in both the 4x200 Meter Relay and 4x400 Meter Relay winning both races. The Tigers also finished second in the 4x800 Meter Relay and third in the 4x400 Meter Relay. Prospect won the 4x800 Meter Relay in the Class 3A state meet for a record fifth year in a row. The Knights finished second in the 4x100 Meter Relay, third in the 4x200 Meter Relay, and fourth in the 4x400 Meter Relay.

 

 

 

It was close for the next three places of the top five finishers. Homewood-Flossmoor’s state record win in the 4x100 Meter Relay helped the Vikings to finish third with a 141 points. Kankakee scored 140 points to finish fourth with Whitney Young scoring 139 points to finish fifth.

 

 

 

Class 2A state team champion Normal University was one of two Class 2A teams to finish in the overall top 20 finishing eleventh. Tolono Unity finished eighteenth overall.

 

 

 

The Southwestern Conference placed four teams in the top 20 to lead all conferences led by Belleville East finishing sixth. The West Suburban Conference-Silver placed three teams in the top 20 led by Downers Grove North finishing ninth.

 

 

 

The ILXCTF.com (formally the DyeStat Illinois) Relay Rankings are based off the DyeStat TFX Outdoor Leaderboards on Athletic.net (as of May 31, 2025) for the four relays that are contested at the IHSA State Track & Field Meet. In the All Class, 3A, 2A, and 1A categories, the top 50 quartets are ranked with 50 points given to the fastest school down to 1 point for the 50th fastest.

 

Girls Overall

 

 

	Overall Girls	Conference	Points
1	Plainfield (North)	Southwest Prairie	197
2	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	Mid Suburban	192
3	Homewood-Flossmoor	Southwest Suburban	141
4	Kankakee	Southland Athletic	140
5	Chicago (Whitney Young)	Chicago Public	139
6	Belleville (East)	Southwestern	135
7	Huntley	Fox Valley	134
8	Chicago (Kenwood)	Chicago Public	126
9	Downers Grove (North)	WSC-Silver	122
10	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	Southwest Suburban	110.5
11	Normal (University)	Central State Eight	105
12	St. Charles (North)	DuKane	104
13	Champaign (Centennial)	Big Twelve	93
	Oak Park-River Forest	WSC-Silver	93
15	Edwardsville	Southweatern	91
16	Belleville (West)	Southweatern	85.5
17	Tolono (Unity)	Illini Prairie	84
	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)	WSC-Silver	84
19	Alton	Southwestern	83
20	Naperville (Central)	DuPage Valley	81

 

 

Girls Overall List of Winners

 

	Overall List of Winners- Girls
2025	Plainfield (North)	197 points
2024	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	185 points
2023	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	171 points
2022	Batavia	154 points
2021	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	156 points
2020	Not Held
2019	East St. Louis (Senior)	170 points
2018	Dunlap	175 points
2017	Dunlap	177 points
2016	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	189 points
2015	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	188.5 points
2014	St. Charles (East)	165 points
2013	O'Fallon	172 points

 

 

2025 Class 3A Schools

 

Not much changed at the top of this class with Plainfield North and Prospect finishing first and second with the exact team point totals. The big jump in the point totals from overall to Class 3A was Huntley. The Red Raiders finished seventh overall third overall scoring 143 points jumping ahead of Homewood-Flossmoor, Kankakee, and Whitney Young.

 

2025 Class 3A Overall

 

	3A Girls	Conference	Points
1	Plainfield (North)	Southwest Prairie	197
2	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	Mid Suburban	192
3	Huntley	Fox Valley	143
4	Homewood-Flossmoor	Southwest Suburban	141
5	Kankakee	Southland Athletic	140
	Chicago (Whitney Young)	Chicago Public	140
7	Belleville (East)	Southwestern	138
	Champaign (Centennial)	Big Twelve	138
9	Downers Grove (North)	WSC-Silver	133
10	Chicago (Kenwood)	Chicago Public	129
11	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	Southwest Prairie	122.5
12	Oak Park-River Forest	WSC-Silver	114
13	St. Charles (North)	DuKane	109
14	Edwardsville	Southwestern	103
	Naperville (Central)	DuPage Valley	103
16	O'Fallon	Southwestern	100.5
17	Belleville (West)	Southwestern	97.5
18	Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West)	WSC-Silver	95
19	Elmhurst (York)	WSC-Silver	92
20	Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)	Girls Catholic Athletic	88

 

Class 3A Overall List of Winners

 

	Overall List of Winners - 3A Girls
2025	Plainfield (North)	197 points
2024	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	187 points
2023	Mt. Prospect (Prospect)	178 points
2022	Batavia	163 points
2021	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	166 points
2020	Not Held
2019	East St. Louis (Senior)	169 points
2018	Dunlap	157 points
2017	Dunlap	157 points
2016	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	189 points
2015	Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)	189.5 points
2014	St. Charles (East)	174 points
2013	O'Fallon	178 points

 

 

2025 Class 2A Schools

 

Normal University scored in the top three in three of their relays with a fourth team placing among the top five scorers. The Pioneers won their second straight state title and had the top Class 2A relay program for the third straight year in a row scoring 189 points. Tolono Unity scored 175 points to finish second ahead of Sacred Heart-Griffin (168 points) and Eureka (finishing third and fourth. Mississippi Valley Conference rivals Triad and Waterloo scored 144 points tying for fifth.  

 

2025 Class 2A Overall

 

	2A Girls	Conference	Points
1	Normal (University)	Central State Eight	189
2	Tolono (Unity)	Illini Prairie	175
3	Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin)	Central State Eight	168
4	Eureka	Heart of Illinois	166
5	Troy (Triad)	Mississippi Valley	144
	Waterloo	Mississippi Valley	144
7	East St. Louis	Southwestern	127
8	Mt. Zion	Apollo	126
9	Morton	Mid Illini	122.5
10	Mahomet-Seymour	Apollo	117.5
11	Mascoutah	Mississippi Valley	117
12	Galesburg	Western Big Six	116.5
13	Stanford (Olympia)	Sangamo	97
14	Chicago Heights (Marian)	East Suburban Catholic	96
	North Chicago	Northern Lake County	96
16	Chicago (DePaul College Prep)	Girls Catholic Athletic	93
17	Freeport	Northern Illinois Ten	91
	Richton Park (Southland College Prep)	Independent	91
19	Sherrard	Three Rivers Athletic	88
	Metamora	Mid Illini	88

 

Class 2A Overall List of Winners

 

	Overall List of Winners - 2A Girls
2025	Normal (University)	189 points
2024	Normal (University)	182 points
2023	Normal (University)	177 points
2022	Geneseo	156 points
2021	Geneseo	186 points
2020	Not Held
2019	East St. Louis (Senior)	200 points
2018	Dunlap	199 points
2017	Dunlap	199 points
2016	Dunlap	192 points
2015	Dunlap	173 points
2014	Springfield	187 points
2013	East St. Louis (Senior)	168 points

 

2025 Class 1A Schools

 

El Paso-Gridley won this year’s Class 1A State title at the end of May. The Titans won their second straight Class 1A relay program title with 195 points having the fastest relay times in the 4x100 Meter Relay and 4x200 Meter Relay. El Paso-Gridley scored 188 points in the 2024 list. Pleasant Plains scored 173 points to follow in second. Northwest Upstate Illini Conference teams Fulton (165 points) and Lena-Winslow (158.5 points) finished third and fourth. Newton scored 150 points to finish fifth. 

 

2025 Class 1A Overall

 

	1A Girls	Conference	Points
1	El Paso-Gridley	Heart of Illinois	195
2	Pleasant Plains	Sangamo	173
3	Fulton	Northwest Upstate Illini	165
4	Lena (Winslow)`	Northwest Upstate Illini	158.5
5	Newton	Little Illini	150
6	Downs (Tri-Valley)	Heart of Illinois	144
	Monmouth (United)	Lincoln Trail	144
8	Winnebago	Big Northern	140
9	Williamsfield (ROWVA)	Lincoln Trail	124
10	Bloomington (Central Catholic)	Illini Prairie	123
11	Okawville	Cahokia	117
12	Sterling (Newman Central Catholic)	Three Rivers Athletic	114
13	Oregon	Big Northern	108
	Elmwood	Prairieland	108
15	Camp Point (Central)	West Central	101.5
16	Arthur-Lovington-Alwood-Hammond	Lincoln Prairie	100
17	Woodstock (Marian)	Chicagoland Christian	96
18	Shelbyville	Central Illinois	95
19	Rockford (Lutheran)	Big Northern	94
20	Seneca	Tri County	91

 

Class 1A Overall List of Winners

	Overall List of Winners - 1A Girls
2025	El Paso-Gridley	195 points
2024	El Paso-Gridley	188 points
2023	Seneca	193 points
2022	Seneca	177 points
2021	Winnebago	177 points
2020	Not Held
2019	DuQuoin	199 points
2018	St. Joseph-Ogden	197 points
2017	St. Joseph-Ogden	191 points
2016	St. Joseph-Ogden	184 points
2015	Carthage (Illini West)	111.5 points
2014	Carthage (Illini West)	103 points
2013	Erie-Prophetstown	107 points

 

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